Washington DC pop duo GEMS released their debut EP this week and their latest track “Ephemera” will make you gush all the more about your new favourite band.
Pop hits-in-waiting of this kind can be few and far between, but GEMS seem to unload them with enviable ease. Opening with starry synths, “Ephemera” soon ignites with big, bad beats, 80s phaser guitar and Lindsay Pitts’ glacial vocals.
There’s uncanny chemistry between Ms Pitts and her accomplice, Cliff Usher, whose gentle boy/girl harmonies bubble away beneath the surface, quickly reaching boiling point with shattered electro drums and densely layered synth.
If you do one thing this week, listen to their music and tell all your friends.
- Nadine Shah, Moonchild Sanelly and Sue Tompkins to feature on Self Esteem's forthcoming album, A Complicated Woman
- Scowl announce new album, Are We All Angels
- Brown Horse announce their second studio album, All The Right Weaknesses
- Sumac and Moor Mother announce collaborative album, The Film
- Pan Amsterdam unveils new single, "Day Out"
- Index For Working Musik detail their second studio album, Which Direction Goes The Beam
- DITZ examine the commodification of queer culture on new single, "Four"
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